Flour sifter



I May 1, 1923.

. 1,453,604 c. J. REPATH FLOUR SIQFTER Filed May 23, 1922 Inven 7-0/MAME? I 19/5 /4172 A" farm 5/5 Patented May 1, 1923.

CHARLESJIiinriikrnfor Los ANGELE-sQc iIiit'oaniAI Application fi1edMay-23, I922. Seria1" 1\1'0. 563,152. x

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known thatl, CHARLES J. jl nrn'rny.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the countyot'Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and usefulFlour Sitter, of which'the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flour-sitters and particularly directed to atypeotdevice in which, the flour, meal, or similar substances may berepeatedly sifted before being discharged therefrom.

An object of the invention to provide a sitter of theabove characterinwhich the entire operating mechanism is carried by a single member andin which said member constitutes a means for reversing the sitter.

Another object is toprovi'dea sitter having a tubular handleandreversing memb'er journaled therein and extended outwardly as anextension of the handle pro; riding a hand grip portion by which themember is manipulated, and providing: an operating: shaft associatedwithan agitator within the sitter "and, extending through said member formanual rotation.

Various other objects and advantages will be more fully apparent from.the {following description of the accompanying drawings, which formapart of thisdisclosure, and which illustrate a preferred formofembodiment of the invention.

Qt the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view oi my improved sitter. with oneof the cover members removed. v r v Fig. 2 is a section on line 2- 2ot-Ifig. 1. Fig.8 is a section on line'33 of Fig; 1. Fig". 4c is adetail section on; line 4%4 of 2. i V F ig. 5 is a perspective view'ofone of the cover members;

Referring to the drawings; 1 designates a cylindrical hollow body openat its opposite ends and provided at its medial portion with a tubularhandle 2 normal to the axis of the body, and 3-4 designate cover membersclosing the body.

J ournaled in the tubular handle 2 is a reversing member 5 in the formof a cylindrical plug, preferably constructed of wood, and extendedoutwardly to form an exten sion of the handle and provided with a.

hand-grip 6 for manual manipulation of the member The inner endof themember 5 is flush with the interiorsurfacelotj thebody wall and carriesaslftermembercomprisnga circular ring T closely contactin-g the wall ofthe body with its ends 81 driven into the member 5, and a' foraminous-hemispherical element 9 formmga partition across the body v 1.Associated. with the sitter member is a rotary (agitator comprisinghemispherical arms 10 which arej carried upon the inner end of anoperating shaft or rod 11 journaled in the member 5. and extendingthrough one side of the toramin'ous element 9. :The shaft 11 extendsthrough the-member 5 and its outer end isbentin the torm of acrankhaving a knob 12 at its outer'e nd to facilitate a'rn'anualrotation otthe'shaift.

The member 5 islimited in its rotation to one-half ofa revolution, byfascrew 13 carried by said member. and {en a ing through a slot 14 in thetubular handle-2..

With the device as shown in Fig. 2.,the cover 3 will be removedandfa,quantity of iiour or other materialplaced intothe chamber 15. The cover,,3"will thenbe replaced I and the shaft 11 rotated to'si ft thematerial'throu h the foraminous sift r mernber t) ,h into the chamber 16 f When;all the. material has been sifted into the chamber 1.6,the, reversingmember 5 will be rotated one-half ofafrevolution to position the sittingmember. "9 on the catedin dotted lines 'inFig. 3) andthe entire devicewill then be turned overgthe material in the chamber 16 dropping uponthesifter member :9. Y p

The shaft will again be rotated to sift the material, a second timethroughv the ,foraininous sitter member 9'andl intothe chamber 15, thisoperationbeing repeated until the opposite side. of the agitatorjlO;i(asi,indimaterial has been sifted. a ,.desiredlnii mber of timesi whenone or. the other of the' c'o'v; ers 3t may be' removed for the purp ofdischarging the material from the sitter.

In the device described above, I haveprovided a reversible flour-Sifterof cheap,

strong, and durable construction, which may be operated with maximumease and speed, and in which the'operating shaft and sitter member haveno direct bearing in the walls of the body such as would require thewalls to be apertured to receive them, this being important as it isevidentthat such aper-' tures and their engaging parts are not usuallyin this type of device, constructedwith such care as to prevent leakageof the flour therethrough, and further the construction illustratedherein permits a maintaining of the smooth exterior surface of the body.

It Will be noted that excepting for the tu-' stood that the invention isnot to be limited in this regard, for it is susceptible of: em bodimentin various other forms such as come Within the scope of the followingclaims.

I claim:

'1. In a device of the nature disclosed, a cylindrical body having alaterally extended tubular handle, a reversing member journaled in saidhandle, an operating shaft journaled in said member and extendingexteriorly for manual rotation, an agitator secured upon thevshaftWithin the body, a foraminous sifter member secured to the reversingmember and forming a partition across the body on one side or" theagitator, the reversing member being operable to alternately positionthe sifter member on opposite sides of the agitator.

, 2. Ina device of the nature disclosed, a cylindrical body having alaterally extended tubular handle, a reversing member ,journaled in saidhandle, an operating shaft journaled' in said member and Whollysupported thereby, said shaft extending exteriorly for manual rotationand inwardly into the body, an agitator secured upon the shaft Withinthe body, a foraminous Sifter member Wholly supported upon the reversingmember and forming a partition across the body on one side of theagitator, and means between the tubular handle and the reversing memberlimiting the rotation of said member to one-half of a revolution, thereversing member being operable to alternately position the siftermember on opposite sides of the agitator,

3. In a device of the nature disclosed, a cylindrical body having alaterally extended tubular handle, a reversing member journaled in saidhandle and extended outivardl therefromto form an extension of half of arevolution whereby said member i may be operated to alternately positionthe sifter member on opposite sides of the agitator.

4:. In a device of the nature disclosed, a cylindrical body havingopposite open ends and provided With a laterally extended tubular handleat its medial portion, removable cover members for closing the ends ofthe body, a reversing member journaled in the tubular handle andextended outwardly therefrom to form an extension of the handle andprovide a handgrip portion for I manual manipulation of said member,means permitting only 'a half rotation of said member, an operatingshaft journaled in said member and. extending into the body, the outerend of the shaft extending exteriorly and bent to form a crank formanual rotation of the shaft, a rotary agitator carried by the shaftWithin the body, a foraminous siftermember of approximatelyhemispherical form carried by the reversing member and forming apartition in the body on, one side of the agitator, the reversing memberbeing operable to alternately position the sifter member on oppositesides of the agitator.

Signed at Los Angeles, Calif, this 16th day of May, 1922,

CHARLES J. REPATH Witnesses:

CLARENCE B. FOSTER, KATE MoKnn.

